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RUSSIAN ANGLO -DU [CH FIVE PER CENT. LOAN for £6,000,000, or 70,800,00011. STCOK. Messrs. BARING BROTHERS and CO., of London, an d Messrs. HOPE and C O., of Amsterdam, beg to announce that in conformity with an Ukase of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia and with the instructions of his Excellency the Minister of Finance, they will RECEIVE PPLIC AT lONS for the LOAN therein authorized for SX MILLIONS POUNDS STERLING, or Seventy I Millions Eight Hundred Thousand Florins of Stock bear ing Five per cent. interest, on the following terms and conditions : Bonds in due form executed in St. P e tersburg will 15 be issred in sums of £ lOO Sterli n g or 1,18011., and 18-1 s, Sterling or 1,00011 , with twenty hall-yearly dividend warrants payable Ist April and lst October, new style, of each year, at the Counting Houses of Messrs. Baring Bros. & Co.. London, and of Messrs. Hope & Co., Amsterdam, and with an authoriz lama to claim fresh dividend warrants without charge. he half-yearly dividend warrants will be respectively for £2 10s. or 29.5t111. on each bond of £lOO or I,lBofl ; and r £2 2s. 61. or £25 on each bond of £14155. or 1,00011. She amount of the bonds will be also reimbursed without c ha,-ge or deduction. either in London in pounds sterling, or in Amsterdam in florins, at, the offices of the above men tioned firms, at the choice of the holder. A sinking fund of 1 per coat. on the principal will commence on Ist April, 1866, ant.l be applied annually (together with the interest on all bund. paid off) towards the reimbursement of this loan at par. Thio reimbursement will thus be completed in 37 years from its commencement, and the bonds thus destined t.,-) be paid off at par will be annually drawn by lottery. and the amount can be received on Ist April of each 5 ear, either in ..T.ondon or Amsterdam. The Bonds will bear interest from Ist April, 1861, and the payments in London will be as follo ws : On .MO Bonds -110 to be paid two days after allotment to Messrs. Martin and Co. Lombard-street. 10 „ on 18th isfay. 10 „ on 15th June. 10 „ on 13th July. 15 „ on 14th September. 10 „ on 12th October, less the Coupon of £2 103. 10 „ on 14th December. 10 „ on 15th January, 1565. On £B4 15s. Bonds XS VI:. to be paid two days after allotment to Messrs Martin & Co., Lombard-street. S 10s. „ on 13th May. 8 108. „ on 15th June. 8 10s. ~ on 13th July. 12, 10s. on 14th September. 8 lOs. „ on 12th Oct„ less the Coupon of £22.a. 6d. „ on 14th December. 8 10e. „ on 13th January, 1565. £72 The failure to pay all the instalments forfeits all previous payments. Subscribers may pay up all or any of the instalments under discount of the respective maturities at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. Scrip receipts will be delivered with as little delay as possible, on production of the bankers' receipt of payment of the instalment, and the bonds will be issued with the least possible delay. Applications may be made according to the annexed form, but none will be received atter Friday evening, the 22d inst. The allotment of the loan will be made as early as pos sible after the close of the subscription list, and in cases where no answer to applications is retained, it will be un derstood that it has not been practicable to make any allotment. _ _ London, 18th April, 1864. RUSSIAN ANGLO-DUTCH 5 PER CENT. LOAN OF £6,000,000. To Dlessrs. BARING BROTHERS, and Co,, London, Gentlemen, request that you will allot to the snm of nominal capital in the above Loan, and en gage to accept that amount, or any less amount which ma . , be allotted, and to pay the Instalments thereon in confor mity with your circular of the 18th inst Name Address Date The Bonds are requested as Learly as possible in the fol lowing proportions : in Bonds of £lOO each. if „ £B4 15s. each• BONNET'S SILKS a LYON.--Every Article of commerce takes its title either from the inventor or 'manufacturer, and the more perfect the production the grater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica tion in England ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex pos .d by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following* interwoven mark may be seen at the end of each piece :—" Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., 4 Lyon e a Injurieux." Wear guaranteed. 'ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. From this time until the end of the season there will be four Opera ni.glits in each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and ;..-,aturday. Extra Night.. THIS EVENING (MON DAY), April 25, w:11 be performed Rossini's grand opera, GUGLIELMO TELL. Matilde, Mdile. Marie Battu ; Guglielmo Tell, Signor Graziani ; Jemmy, Madame Rudersdorff; MeLthil, Sig - nor l'olonini ; Walter. Herr Schmid; Ge sler, Signor Tagliatico ;U ❑ Pesca tore, Signor Neri- t araldi ; and Arnoldo, Signor Wachtel. La Tyrolicune w.ll he danced by Mdlle. Salvioai, Mdlle. Carmine, and Mdlle. Navarre. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre eta 19, 104. M., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre. 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-oftic 1, tinder the portico of the thea,re, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal rnusicselltrs' and librarians'. THEATRE ROYAL DEUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, a Ecene from TWELFTH NIGHT. Alter which, will be produced the Grand Stage Revival of Shak+pere's Chronicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. The cast will include impersonations by those eminc.it Irtists, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy. Mr. Addisoi, M. Ryder, Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. 44. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, 31 ss se Leclercq, ~.nd Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Com pany. To conclude with AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Messrs. Howe, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Compton, }'arren, Sze. ; Mesdames Angel, Lindley, Fitzwilliarn, Snow den, After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENU3 AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe, Ace. ; Mes dames Louise lieeiey, Snowden, Nelly Vower, Hill, Wright, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DRAWING-ROOMS, SECOND FLOOR. AND ATTICS. After which, Shakspere's ROMEO AND JULIET. Ro meo, Mr. J. Nelson ; Mereutio, Mr. Vining, ; Nurse, Mrs. 11. Marston ; Juliet, Mdlle. Stella Colas. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Pechter. THIS EVENING, the performances will cammence with THE DAY AFTER THE FAIR : Messrs. Widdi combe, Garden, Moreland, and Miss E. ',wenn. After which, Mr. John Brougham's Original Comedy, PLAYING WITH:FIRE. Messrs. J. Brough,,m, Emery, Widdicomb, J. G. Shore ; Miss C. Lcciereq, Miss Henrade, Miss Leclercq ; Mrs. IVinstanley. Doors open at 7, commence at halt-past. IVEW THEATRE-KO ICAL, ADELPHI.- A.l bole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS:EVE'NING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Siilington. To conclude with Tiff: AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole. P. Bedford, ii. Romer, Miss woolgar, and Mrs. 11. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATE MA N.—L E A H.—THlo EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will re-a/year in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma , den until further notice. In order 7o give due effect to t ,is most remarkable SUCX9 01 the se ,son, ealirely new scenery by the celebrat'ci artists Messrs. 'Janson and 'ons, and Thomps,n. New dr. ss,:s and appo ntmesuts have be. n prepare , t for its production.—N.B. In consequence of the ziressing and numerous applications iv, the Box-offi2e, ar angement4 have now been made by which Seats m y be ob tained a Fortnight in Ac.van,e. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MY PRESKRVER. liter which, the l'a cony Scene from ROMEO AND JULIET. 311 EeS Swanborough and Wilton. Followed by the Fifth Act of MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Concluding with the Great Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND Rimy DICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton ; ides dames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &o. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Cr,,,,wded with rank and fashion.— The greatly successful new il' a n re V . l ever J. y EvClarke. ening.-- First wtek of a new Sensation n , A m nl e r I t rr the artists engaged will be found the popular • Beojamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J . Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, m -- r• J. Robinson, Mr, Ashley, Mr. J. Johnstone ; Mrs. Char es Mathews, Miss 11-rbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss WA. Cott entwortrell, Miss F ann y Josephs, Miss Patti J osep h s, Mis s h, iumt Mrs. Stir.ing,". EVERY EVI`TING at 7, a Farce, with a new sensation, ca lled SHAKE HANDS Mr. T. Clarke, Mr. Ashley. Mr. Johnstone , 31i " F anny Josephs and Miss Patti Josephs. A t a quarter before 8, the successful new Comedy, by L. Buckiw-T harn. A r ''"l., entitled THE SILVER LINING : harles Mat , ews, Alre. Charles Mathews Frank Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. brontague; Cottrell, and Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Matthe ws, Miss A. After whi,t, at It. COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE : Mr. Ashley and lffiss A. Cottrell. Commence at 7. COALS. —The MLLES HAL I, COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. Top 250. ~ Nuts•• •••. •.. ..... . 21 lgs, Dip 22& ~ Well screened and delivered within five mil es of their De- Pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, booth Wharf, Paddington, W Best Coke.. 15s, per chaldron. •P• Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Azerit. TIMM EDITION OF 4, THE SUN, " Containha ; z the Latest SPORTING I%e had Every EVellin2; of INTELLIGENCE, G. P» GLENIE, NEWS Acrwr, ICO. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-Park• ';he Weather—Sun Office, April 25, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.06. ; moderate breeze, and very fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. flns DAT.—Morning, 4h. 2m.—Afternoon, 4h. 20m. rh-monnow.-Morning, 4h. 40m.—Afternoon, sh. Ow. zjig ZUII, LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 25., 1864. The Governments of France and England appear to have been vying with each other on Saturday ! How accurately to define the general character of their emulation with anything like courtly circum locution we find it difficult even to conjecture, And this for the simple reason, that it would hardly be other than the literal truth to say that they, the two Governments, the Government of France and the Government of England, simultaneously, but quite independently, contrived to carry (shall we not venture at least to hint the word ?)—absurdity to the height of extravagance. Here in England—as a fitting climax to the extraordinary jumble of confusion resulting from the very ultra-enthusiasm of the late Garibaldi demonstrations—a Public Meeting was actually put down and dispersed by the police, on Saturday evening, upon Primrose Hill: or rather as we ought now, we believe, to call it—Shakspere'a Hill. We are not very much in the habit, in Lon don, or for that matter in any part of the country, of having Public Meetings of any kind dispersed. But, at any rate a public meeting of the working me❑ of the Metropolis was on Saturday " put down " as signally and unmistakeably " put down" as if the Moral Baton of the Police (an innocent sort of a cousin German to the Moral Dagger of M. Meeetea), had, for one delightful interval (and of all appropriate days that could have been selected, upon SHAKSPERE'S Tercentenary !)—as if, we say, the Moral Baton of the Police had, just for once again, as in the good old times, got firmly into the grasp of the very incarnation of Rampant Beadle dom ! Poor old Sir PETER LAURIE'S manes must have been soothed and comforted, one might almost fancy with this "putting down" by the Police of a Public Meeting—of all fine days in the year, nay, in the century—upon the tercentenary anniversary of the Birth of SHAKSPERE! So much for Govern mental doings here in London. Now, for the companion doings over yonder in Paris —and there, too, though occurring quite irrespectively of our own—doings having reference directly with the proposed celebration of SHAKSPERE'S Tercen tenary, Don't we all know what precisely was the nature of those proceedings ? Can we possibly relate them with anything like gravity ? They amounted, literally, to the attempted suppression of " Hamlet"—nay, of SHAKSPERE himself, meaning his memory, or the commemoration of it. Some thing really and truly about equivalent to CANUTE'S mandate to the sea-tide—a sort of an imperial ukase against the Common Air we breathe, or against the gleam of the Daylight. It is true the prohibition of an intended Shaksperian Demonstration at Paris was withdrawn by one of those second thoughts proverbially said to be " the best"—meaning (more grammatically to express it) " the better." Too late, however, came the withdrawal, it would seem, for the intending celebrators of SLEAKSPERE'S memory were too bitterly huff,d by the previous prohibition of their festivities I For, at any rate, ono way of another, they appear to have come to nothing, or, as the popular idiom has it, they appear to have come to grief. Nevertheless, if it is asked what sort of thing it was the Imperial authorities were dreading—the answar comes patly enough, and, be it said also, absurdly enough, through the columns of the Journal des Debats, wherein appears a letter about SHAK SPERE, addressed to the prohibited French meeting by M. VICTOR HUGO. A document that for its ultra-hyperbolical extravagance has hardly ever, we should fancy, been surpassed, even in the land sacred to pretty tall talk ing, the favoured land, that is to say, of Stump Oratory, Soft Sawder, and Bunkum I VICTOR HuGo's preposterous letter we give, as translated from the original in the 'Mats, in another part of our impression of this evening. And it is this sort of thing that the Imperial authorities, over at Paris; were actually for a while bent upon sup pressing I Remembering that prohibition—at any rate for the time being—there in Paris : and re membering, on the part of our own Government— the putting down by the Moral Baton of the Police on Saturday evening of a Public Meeting of the Working Classes upon Shakspere Hill, late Primrose Hili—were we not justified in hinting, at the outset of these remarks, that the Two Governments were vieing with each other ? And that they were doing so at the close of last week in a manner that, " not to put too fine a point upon it," was very much, indeed, like—absurdity carried to the height of extravagance ? As to the public meeting put down by the police, here in London, on Saturday—it had reference, as we all know, not to SHAKSPERE, but to the spiriting away of GARIBALDI all of a sudden ! The spiriting away of GARIBALDI thus all of a sudden—at the instance of several of his more officious friends, conspicuous among them one of the principal members of her MAJESTY'S Government ! Occurring as this abrupt modifica tion of all GARIBALDI'S plans had doge, quite tin expectedly, just when the Dann-German Conference ' was trying to begin its sittings—trying to, strange to say, quite inefftseually, until GARIBALDI had been summarily hustled out of the way—the working men of London could not for the life of them manage to swallow very readily the assertion that GARIBALDI was constrained to go away solely by reason of the precarious state of his health. The working men of London being all the more reluctant to accept that plea as one suffi ciently to accounting for so very sudden and startling a transformation of all previously existing arrange ments—seeing GARIBALDI, as they did, in the midst of them—lame to be sure by reason of his bullet wound, but otherwise—the very picture of health, looking in fact in every line of his bronzed, hand ome face just as well as possible. However—the working men of London must at length abandon all doubts of this kind upon the subject. They must recognise al together thefallacy of mere appearances. They must understand, however reluctantly, that there could have bee❑ no help for ite--that GARI. BALDI'S hurried withdrawal from London, and as soon after as possible from England, was just a matter of life and death for him, admitting of no alternative, of no hesitation whatever. The most eminent professional authority in England has at length given the Reason Why—GARIBALDI had A BOIL ON HIS ARM ! That—as a reason—surely is perfectly conclusive! No wonder—knowing that GARIBALDI HAD A BOIL ON lITS ARM— ao wonder, we say, that so much alarm for his health should have been excited ! No wonder Mr. GLADSTONE and others urgently advised his imme diate departure No wonder the Police drew forth their Moral Batons on Saturday evening, for the purpose of putting down, as they did in fact put down, a public meeting convened by the working men of London to protest against GARIBALDI'S de parture Perhaps in no part of our foreign policy is it more difficult to act wisely and well than in our dealings with uncivilised nations. Certainly the present occupants of the Treasury benches have not found it very easy to steer safely through the com plications of European politics, while the experience of a past generation proves that it is often a dan gerous and delicate task to legislate for our colonies. Our conduct in both these quarters, too, may pro duce effects of more immediate importance by forming the plans of European war, or by provoles in?, the colonies to independen action, but in regard to barbaric or semi-civilised countries we have less of assured principle to guide our actions,we have to deal with men whose habits of life, whose tone of thought, and whose sense of justice and propriety are so different from our own that it is frequently a question how far community in their proceedings is justifiable, how far inactioa and indifference are prudent. The much talked of policy of non-inter vention is difficult of application when English lives are jeopardised, and English property endangered, although for the honour of our nation and the duty we owe to our own position, we are bound scrupu lously to avoid any participation in those acts which are only too common in Eastern warfare, and which accord better with the Chinese code of morals than with our own. The English Government are placed in a somewhat awkward position by the recent events in China. The unsatisfactory termination of the affair of the Anglo-Chinese fleet under the command of Captain SHERARD OSBORN was fol lowed so quickly by the disgraceful conduct of the Futai at Soochow, that the public feeling was strongly excited against the Imperialists and their Government. It was felt that English aid was not being treated with proper respect n hen it was notori ous that the recent successes of the Imperial cause were entirely owing to the efforts of the foreign contingent. Under these circumstances, Mr. LID DELL, onFriday evening, called the attention of the House of Commons to the state of our relations with China, and moved a resolution deprecating any further interference on our part in the civil war now raging in that country as impolitic and unneces sary. 'lhe hon. member, in support of his motion, entered into a history of the last few years, object ing to the assistance, material and otherwise, afforded by this country to the Imperialists, declar ing that we were in a great measure answerable for the continuation of the war, and predicting future perplexities of a very serious nature if the present course were pursued. On the other hand Mr. LAYARD contended that the result of the policy hitherto followed had been an enormous increase of our trade with China; that the accounts of tortures and massacres had been greatly overdrawn ; that arms had been taken up to protect British intee rests; and that Major GORDON had done perfectly right in returning to the service of the Futai, and thereby preventing the capture of Shanghae. Ths truth of the case seems to be somewhere between these two opposing extremes, and we cannot but regret that Mr. LAYARD should thus have given official sanction to Major GORDON'S retention of his post. The protection of the English trading com munity and commercial interests, the maintenance of the treaty, and the opening of the ports, are very different things from the erergetic participation in the Imperialist effuse which has been hitherto our share. Mr. LAYARD'S reply to Mr. LIDDELL'S accusations, although containing much sound sense and plain fact, certainly contrived to mix up d:fferent things ; and it is impossib:c to say to what lengths the Imperialists will go when English influence has lost its power ie checking their treachery and barbarity. Granted that the muse. sacre at Soochow has been greatly overrated—Mr. LAYARD cannot deny the facts of the cane, and the sword of an English officer should have been no longer drawn under a commander who had been guilty of a direct breach of faith, and had made his plighted word a snare to entrap the too credulous enemy. It is highly improbable that the Taepings would have attacked the British residents in Shanghae, they would have feared the conse quences of such a rash proceeding ; but if they had they have not hitherto proved so invincible as to be regarded with abject terror. Captain OSBORN, by a resolute adherence to the stipule tions of hisoriginalengagernent which Mr. LIDDELL altogether misconstrued, saved himself from a posi tion so awkward and unsatisfactory that we appre- hend Major GORDON will, before long, deplore his retention of it. If the protection of existing British interests in China be the real and only aim of our Government, let it be kept to in all straight forwardness and simplicity. It is idle to say that such has hithertoabeen the solitary aim, since the safety of Shanghae did not necessitate the cap ture of Soochow. it will not be difficult to draw a line between guarding British life and property from assault of any kind, and supply the Im perialist forces with material and leaders. The opportunity for making such a change has certainly been afforded by the conduct of the Futai towards Major GORDON, and by the breaki ng o ff o f t h e engagement with Captain OSBORN. Much must, of course, be left to the discretion of our officials in those distant quarters, but if the rule down for their guidance that we are to preserve our own from injury of any kind, and to keep aloof from any local struggle, toe results would probably be better and more satisfactory than in the present entangled and perplexing condition of affairs. if It is very satisfactory to find that the proposal of Lord DERBY, as to tha introduction of " Working Class Trains," has been agreed to. While according due credit to the Government for their discernment and willingness to forward this schema, the chief merit of the proposal must rest with the noble earl who has devoted so much time and taken so much pains with the scheme. It is one which it is in every sense of the word desirable to essay, and even if it should not be found so effective in practice es it is sometimes hoped, still a partial or moderate success will be a great achievement, and an inesti mable boon. Lord DERBY explained the reasons for propounding the plan, and stated the weighty reasons which called for the remedy he suggested. Certainly they are urgent ones, and though some may deem it wise to decry them, it does not follow that the fallacies they pretend to discover are at all apparent, because there is a certain class of persons who must always put some impediment in the way of all improvements. The very notion of a change is enough to put them on the alert, and anything like a fundamental alteration in the arrangements which concern the lower orders sets them quite in a state of commotion. But these lovers of the stand still policy should reflect that in the ceaseless changes which occur around us great inconvenience is necessarily experienced by the working classes, and evils, the extent and magnitude of which the wealthy can scarcely contemplate, are borne by those least qualified to endure the burden, or to sustain the losses. To remedy the deficiencies thus occasioned in the comforts and conveniences of the working classes by the immense increase of metro politan railways, it was absolutely necessary that SUiv, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1864. something should be done at once. The idea of running cheap trains night and morning is an ad mirable one, and must in a great measure mitigate the evil, and prove a vast advantage to all who now suffer so dreadfully from the effects of over-crowd ing and its attendant miseries. Lord DERBY has besides the merit of having been the first to bring this question of the railways affecting the comfort of the working classes before Parliament some years ago. It was then paid very little atten tion to, and many, indeed, averred that the noble earl was making a great dear of unnecessary fuss about the matter. These wiseacres must ere this, however, have disproved their assertions, and seen reason to modify their expressions. Time and experience have more than borne out the declara tions, and verified the prophecies of the noble earl, and where units complained, tens of hundreds now murmur loudly against the grievous infraction of their social rights, and the cruel addition to their inevitably trou!-les that have been brought about by the development and spread of science in every department. To the rich, the busy, the idle, the foreigner, the traveller, and many others, all these increased means of communication serve to increase their wealth, add to their amusement, extend their employments, eccelerate their arrangements, and impart increased excitement to their progress. To the poor they have added another burden to the load under which they had before nearly sunk. It would never do to let it be said, that while the fame of our mechanical exploits excited the wonder of the world, the first result was that our toiling artisans and our striving poor in all directions should droop and wither away under the inflictions imposed upon them. Vain will be our boast that our capital is the emporium of the world, and affords more speedy and numerous means of intercommuni cation than any other city, if these means of transit have brought in their progress the means of spread ing disease and death among the lives of industry, and the results of poverty. Those hapless victims who would inevitably succumb to the insidious attacks of fever and pestilence, "by the wayside fall and perish, weary of the march of life," would be the accusers who would rise up in judgment against the selfishness and supineness of modern reformers and regenerators, and blight all the glory of their enterprise at its outset. Of course, there will be many difficulties in the way of carrying cut all the details of this, or any other simlar measure of such an aggregate:extent ; but it is always something very important to have mete a start in the right direction, end the French proverb cc n'est qua le premier pas qui cattle is true in this as in many minor instances. ;t must be a great relief to all the more intelligent and more right feeling of the classes referred to to knov that they stand a chance of possessing room to more in, and that their families may grow up in the habits of order and prosperitywhich cannot be obtained in cramped localities, also they will enjoy a larger share of the crowning gift of health, wh ch is of more value than wealth to the rich, bit is to the poor a sheet anther of security. The Earl of SHAFTES BURY suggested that two trains should be run every morning and evening to obviate inconve. oience and ensure security in ease of hindrance or accident. It is seldom that s proposal affecting entirely the interests of the wo•k;ng classes comes before Parliament, and it is a Latter of rejoicing that it should have been met in a right spirit and accorded that attention which al things that con cern the welfare of the great body of the people should receive at the hands of the Legislature. THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Verdi's favourite opera," Un Ballo in Meeehera," after a two years' absence from the boards of Covent-garden, was performed anew there on Saturday. Our remarks upon the presetat cast of this least ambitious, though, in some respects, most charming, among Verdi's popular 'yrical dramas, must to-day be unavoidably postponed. To morrow the same opera will be repeated. Ta-night the repeti tion of Rossini's "Guglieirao Tell" is the attraction. Another repetition, that of Donizetti's " La Favorite," is the attraction to the Royal Italian set apart for Thursday. While, for Saturday, Mr. Gye announces on his programme the performance, for the first time this season, of Meyerbeer's Grand opera of " La Prophete," with Madlle. Destinn as Fides, and Signor 'Wachtel as Jean of Leyden. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, at tend,. el by Major Elphinstone and Captain Danally, honoured the performances with his presence on Tuesday last. Their Royal High nesses the Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklen burg Strelitz and the Princess Mary, attended by the Countess of Westmoreland, Colonel Clifton, and the Baron Plassun, were present on Thursday. Amongst the fashio na bl e compan y attending the performanc es during th© week have been the Prince Louis fßonapar;e, hi s E xcellency the Ambassador P. of Franc e , his Excellency the Austrian Am bassador, and the Countess Appeal, his Excellency the Itaiiia Minlater,the Duke and Duchess of Wel lington, the D uke of Granada, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Hanoverian Charge d'Affaires and the Barones s Biome, the Marquis of Her tington, Madam e V an d e Weyer, the Marquis Lady Alice Hill, of Hastings, th e M archioness o f D u wnshire and th e M arqu i s an d Marchioness of Bath, the Marq u i s of Sligo, the Marchioness of Ely and Lady Marian Loftus, the Countess of Bradford, the Co untess of Harr i ng ton and Lady Geraldine Stanhope, t h e E ar l an d Countess of West morland and Lad y E m i ly Ki ngse ote, the Earl of Dudley, the Earl G ranv i lle, the Earl of Uxbridge, the Countess of Fif e and Leidy Anne Duff, the Countess of Mount Charles, the Earl and Countess of Bective, Viscountess N ewr y and Miss Needham, Viscount and Vi scountess Holmesdale, Viscount Crantoarne, Viscount Sudley, Viscount and Vis countess Sidney, Viscount Ranelagh, the Lord Chief Justice of Ecgland, Lady Annaly and the Hon. Miss White, Lady de Blaquiere, Lord E. Th y nne „ Lady Agnes Mur ray , L a d y Clarges, Lady Alfred Churchill, Lord E. S t. M aur , Lord and Lady Bain - Mr. and La d y Gweedoline Petre, Lady A. W entworth an d tyre, Lady E. H ast i ngs, Miss 'Wentworth, Lady Pannaure and Mr. Power, Captain and Lady ' Anne Sherson, Hon. Captain Edveardes, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Beet, Hon. Henry Eliot, Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald and Mrs. Macdonald and the Hon. Miss Blake, Hon. Otway Toler, Hon. Richard Bethel! and Mies Bothell, Hon. Mrs. Claughton, Major the Hon, J. and Mrs. Anson, Hon. Frederick Leveeon Gower, M,P., Colonel Loyd Lindsay and the Hon, Mrs. Loyd Lindsay, Hon. Mr. Spring Rice, Hon. R. Meade, Hon. Mrs. Murray, Hon. Charles Barrington, Sir James and Lady Colville, Sir John and Lady Simeon, Sir James and Lady Montgomery, Sir -William Jolliffa and the Misses Jolliffe, Sir William Scott and Miss Scott, Sir Henry Cotterell, Sir John and Lady Fisher, Sir Claud Scott and Miss Scott, Sir J. Mackenzie, Sir F. R. Sandford, Admiral Ryder Burton, Colonel Grant, Colonel Farquiharzon of Invercauld, Colonel Airey, Captain and Mrs. Brand, Colonel Maclean, Colonel Nlinchin, Captain and Miss Stracey, Captain Ber keley, Captain Findyer, Captain Buckley, Colonel and Mrs. Mac George, Captain Womb well, Major Gage, &c. MR, ALFRED WIGAN has been playing IT at Liverpool. Mn. CHARLES KEAN'S HEALTH, according to the latest accounts, is re-established, but he will not imme diately return to England, as had been announced, THREE-ACT PLAY, " MOI," iII ivhich M. Regnier is greatly commended by those who should know, is having a certain vogue at the Theatre Francais. 111, FREDERIC LEIVAICRE, whom we Imagined to have quitted the stage, has reappeared at L'Ambigu. Cosuique in a iiv©•act play, by M, Plouvier, "Le Comte do S4ulles.'! LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. (Per the North American.) NEW YORK, APRIL 9, AFTERNOON. The army of the Potomac is preparing for an early forward movement. All surplus baggage has been sent to the rear, and furloughs have been stopped. Money tight. Gold 70: premium. Exchange on London 1861. Stocks opened firm to-day, but have since become very heavy. New York Centrals 143 k. Illinois 149 k. Erie 1261. Cotto❑ quiet. Middling Upland 74c. Breadstuffs advancing. Petroleum very firm. Crude 351. Refined 52 to 521. QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 24. The Royal mil steamship Africa, from Boston on the 13th and Halifax on the 15th, arrived at Queenstown at 11.30 a.m. to-day (Sunday). She brings 92 passengers and 10,540 dols. in specie. The Africa landed 76 sacks of mails and four passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool at 11.40 a.m. All well. NEW YORK, APRIL 12, EVENING. General Meade has moved his head-quarters to Culpepper. The army of the Potomac has been largely rein forced. A destructive storm has interrupted the commu nication betwe€n Washington and the army of the Potomac, delaying the military operations of the Federal armies. Active preparations are bang made for a cam , paign in the south-west. General Forrest has been reinforced. It is re ported that he is about to cross the Tennessee river, General Johnston is being largely reinforced from Polk's and Beauregard'a armies. The Confederates have made an unsuccessful attempt to blow up the flag-ship Minnesota, off Newport. The Minnesota was seriously damaged. An exciting debate has taken place in the House of Representatives, concerning a resolution which had been introduced for expelling Mr. Long, of Ohio, and Mr. Harris, of Maryland—the former for expressing a disbelief in the practicability of quel ling the rebellion, and urging the recognition of the South—the latter for expressing a hope that the Federal armies would be unsuccessful in their efforts to cenquer the South. The steamers Sumter and Hattebrook have been captured. Money easy. Gold opened yesterday at 1701, but has risen since to 1741, its present quotation. Exchange on London—Bankers' bills, 191. There is great speculative excitement in Stocks, which have risen and are still advancing. New York Centrals, 1431, Illinois Centrals 1491, Erie 1261, Six per Cent. U.S. Bonds 1141. Cotton steady ; Middling Upland 77c. NEW YORK, APRIL 13 (Morning). After the main body of the Federals had left Alexandra, Louisiana, the Confederates in heavy force attacked the fortifications, but were opposed by four Federal regim€nts. The loss was severe on both sides. The Federal cavalry have occupied Eagle Pass, Texas, 400 miles above Brownsville. The sinking of ;the Confederate ram Tennessee, off Mobile, is denied. The Etna has arrived out. Money easy. Gold, 1742. NEW YORK, April 14, Morning. Forrest's forces demanded yesterday the surren der of Fort If alleck, Columbus, Kentucky, and of Fort Pillow, which was refused. Reinforcements have reached Columbus, where fighting continues. In the Senate the committee upon foreign affairs, in accordance with the wishes of the Administra tion, has deferred to act upon the resolution of the House of Representatives respecting the French occupatim of Mexico. The matter is indefinitely postponed. Money easy. There has been great excitement in gold since yesterday. Its price has risen, under symptoms of a panic, to 185. NEW YORK, APRIL 14 (Evening). Money tighter. Gold yesterday reached 178. The market was greatly agitated this morning with symptoms of a currency panic, and the price of gold rose to 189. It has since receded with violent fluc tuations to 176/. Exchange on London, Bankers' bills, 1991. Stocks heavy. New York Centrals, 14If ; Illinois, 1411; Erie, 1231 ; Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 1151. Cotton very firm— Middling Upland, 80 to 80f,c. Flour, wheat, corn, and provisions advancing. Coffee, sugar, and molasses very firm. Petroleum advancing. Crude, 42 ; refined, 65c to 70c. The advance in gold has unsettled all business. The Asia has arrived at Halifax. MEXICO. NEW YORK, APRIL 13 (Morning), Advices received from Mexico, via New Orleans, state that in the French march on Matamoras a fight occurred, in which the French were victorious. Three French frigates were off Matamoras, pre paring to cross the bar. The City of Manchester, from New York on the 9th inst., arrived at Qa(enstown at 7.30. She brings 131 passengers, and 276,270 dols. in specie. She landed ten sacks of mails and twelve passen gers, and proceeded at 7.40 a.m. Her news has been anticipated. THE CONFERENCE. The following is a correct list of the Plenipoten- tiaries to the Conference on the Rino-Germn question, which met to-day : Eogland—Earl Russell and Lord Clarendon. France—Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne. Austria—Count Apponyi and Privy Councillor Biegeleben. Prussia—Count Bernstorff and Privy Councillor Balan, formerly Ambassador at Copenhagen. The German Confedtration—M. de Beust, Saxon Minister. Russia—Baron Brunow and Councillor Ewers. Sweden—General Wachtmeister. Denmark—Baron de Bille, M. Quaade (the Minister), and Councillor Krieger. BERLIN, APRIL 25. Advices from St. Petersburg state that it is not likely that Russia will send a second plenipoten tiary to the London Conference. Should, how ever, the Conferences be changed to a general Con gress, Prince Gortechakoff, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, would proceed to London. The Russian Minister at Turin, Count Stackle berg, has obtained leave of absence for two months. LISBON, APRIL (11.20 a.m.) The Australian screw steamer, 2 steam frigates, and 1 ironclad frigate have arrived here. The tobacco question is being discussed by the House of Peer.s BUCHAREST, APRIL 24. The Chamber of Deputies has passed a resolution that in future the Ministers are to take the oath of allegiance to the people, and not to the Prince. FRANCE. The Debats publishes the following letter from Victor Hugo to the committee of the French festival It was to have been read at the prohibited French meeting : "Hsuteville House, April 18. "Gentlemen,—lt seems to me that lam returning to France. To feel myself among you is almost like being there. You call me, and my soul hastens to your call. In glorifying Shakspere, you, French men, are giving an admirable example. You place Shakspere on a level with your own national illus trating; you make him fraternise with Moliere, whom you associate with him, and with Voltaire whom you bring back to him. At the moment when England confers the freedom of the City of London on Garibaldi, you confer on Saakspere the freedom of the republic of letters. Shekespere, in fact, belongs to you. You like everything in him, and you like him first because he is a man, you crown in him the player who has suffered; the philosopher who has struggled, the poet who has conquered. You acclamations honour the strong will of his life, the power of his genius, the con scientiousness of his art, the human reality of his stage. You are right, it is just to do so. Civilisa tion applauds this noble festival. You are poets glorifying poetry, .thinkers glorifying philosophy artists glorifying art. Bat you are also something besides —you represent France greeting ',England. It is the noble embrace of sisters, of the land of Vincent de Paul and the land of Wilberforce, of Paris, the headquarters of equality, and London the capital of freedom. From that embrace an ex change will arise. One will give the other what it has. To honour England in her great man, in the name of France, is great ; you do more— you do away with geographical limits—neither French nor English, you are the brethren of a genius, and you honour him. You honour this very globe, you honour the earth which on this day three hundred years witnessed the birth of Shakepere; you consecrate the sublime principle of the übiquity of minds, whence springs the unity of civilisation ; you extirpate selfishness from the heart of nationalities. Corneille does not belong to us, nor Milton to them—they are common property. The whole world is the fatherland of intelligence. Yon take genius, no matter whence it comes, to give it to all nations; by removing the barrier that separates poets you destroy that which divides men, and by the amalgamation of glory you commence the obliteration of frontiers. Holy pro miscuity—this is a great day. Homer, Dante, Shakepere, Moliere, Voltaire, undivided—the taking possession of these great men by the whole of man kind—the community of masterpieces. Such is the first step ; the rest will follow. "That is the work you are inaugurating —a work cosmopolitan, human, binding, fraternal, unfettered by the trammels of nationality, superior to local delimitations; magnificent adoption of Europe by France, and of the whole world by Europe. From a fete like this civilisation must proceed. To pre side at this memorable meeting you could have chosen persons of the highest renown ; illustrious and popular names abound amongst you ; your list of guests is sparkling with them ; the brightest personifications of art, of the drama, history, poetry, philosophy, and eloquence, are grouped in this solemnity around Sbakspere's pedestal ; but you doubtless imagined that in order to impart to the celebration of this anniversary its character peculiarly extern—in order that the manifestation should be independent of anything like frontier, you required for President a man placed himself in that exceptional condition—a Frenchman out of France—at the same time absent and present—with his foot in England and his heart in Paris—a sort of connecting link, placed both at a distance and adjacent, to join together hand in hand the two august nations, It so happened that by an arrangement of destiny that position was mine, and the proud choice that you have made of me I owe to that happy chance. I return you my thanks for that act, and I propose to you this toast —" To Shakspere and England. To the definitive Success of the greet Men of Intelligence and to the Communion of Nations in Progress and Works of Imagination." BOURSE, April 23.—The market has been rather heavy, and prices show a slight decline, Threes, for the Account, being now at 671. 15c. Mobilier last quoted at 1,220 f. Little doing in Railway Shares, but prices in general without material alteration. The market c 41 per Cents. 94 25 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 05 Credit Mobilier,,,,l2oo Do end m0nth....1200 Bank Shares 3370 losed as follows : Italian Loan 6B E 5 Do. end month 6B 55 New ditto .. Do. end month.... Russian. Austrian Spanieh Threes — Home Debt Deferred vAYa. Cash. Account. 890 892 50 980 .. 975 952 50 .. 950 895 667 50 670 503 75 .. 482 50 .. 483 75 375 370 417 50 417 50 653 75 .. 5)6 25 492 50 490 577 50 .. 573 75 Credit Fancier l2BO Roman RAIL Orleans ... Korthern ... Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern .... ,• • Sardinian Austrian Lowbard North of Spain Saragossa.. .. Ditto to Barcelona .... GENERAL GARIBALDI, On Saturday General Garibaldi remained the guest of the Duchess Dowager of Sutherland at her grace's exquisite villa Cliefden House. As a matter of course, however, the general has not re mained in seclusion during his brief stay, bat has been seeing and being seen almost as much as when in the metropolis. On Saturday, true to his simple life and island habits, he was up with the dawn strolling about the beautiful grounds of Cliefden. At 11 o'clock he left the house in a carriage and four, accompanied by the Duchess Dowager of Sutherland and the Duchess of Argyll, and pro ceeded by way of Slough to inspect the royal model farm at Windsor. In the course of his drive he was everywhere enthusiastically received. Upon reach ing the farm he was received by Mr. Tait, the bailiff of the Home Farm, who showed the visitors over the royal dairy. Garibaldi then paid a visit to the Flemish Farm, where Mr. Brebner was in attendance, and showed him among the cattle a yoang bull, two years old, which was christened " Garibaldi" some two years ago. Before the visit had concluded a number of farmers and others arrived on the field, and if the illustrious visitor had pro longed his stay for an hour or so more the whole town of Windsor and the adjacent villages would have flocked to the scene. A number of the far mers offered to present General Garibaldi with a steam plough as a token of their recognition of his great merits. This offer was made through Mr. Stevens, but the General naïvely remarked, while thanking his warm-hearted admirers, that his farm only consisted of about 25 acres, ane that the rest of the island of Caprera was nothing better than barren rock and unproductive mountain, so that a steam plough, much as he admired its operations, would be of little or no value to himself. He courteously and kindly refused the donation, and expressed his thanks with the warmest feeling of gratitude. He reached Cliefden on his return about half-past 2 o'clock. A luncheon was then served, at which 30 visitors were psesent. In the afternoon Garibaldi and a party of gentlemen went out in boats on the Thames, where they spent a consider able time. Garibaldi expressed himself delighted with the surrounding scenery, and especially with the picturesque appearance of Cliefden from the river. In the evening the visitors, most of whom stay till Garibaldi takes his departure to-day, were entertained at dinner by the Duchess Dowager. Garibaldi left Slough this morning by the 9.45 a.m. train for Cornwall, where ho will spend the evening with Col. Peard at Penquite. This country seat is close to the picturesque bay of Looe, one of those charming indents so frequently met on the Cornish coast. In this bay the Duke of Sutherland's steam yacht Ondine is already wait ing the arrival of her iilustrioas passenger. Gari baldi embarks on board the Online at 8 o'clock to morrow morning, and at 9 will be steaming afg to Caprera. THE HEALTH OF GENERAL GARIBALDI. Stafford-house, April 24.. The Duke of Sutherland presents his oo m p h ' ments to the editor of The Sun, and begs to e nclose a letter received last evening from Mr. Fergueson respecting the health of General Garibaldi: - 16, George-square, Hanover-square W., April 23. My Lord Duke,—At Mr. Seely's special request I OW. General Garibaldi, at Stafford-house, within a few hours of his departure from London. The General declared himself as well as he had ever been since he arrived in England, but on close inquiry admittedt fatigue, both of body and brain. My impression wa s tha he looked jaded and worn, The fatigue associated with his receptions in Lon d on might readily have accounted for this, but there was another reason equally urgent. Your grace will be sorry to learn that he has latterly suffered from boils, and he had two on his left forearm, one of which alone might have m ad° another man give up all his ordinary occupations tor a time , I think it due to your grace, to Mr. Seely, a nd othe rs who ad vised with the General regarding his intended PO[l vincial movements, that you should be made acq uainted with this, and I hops that your grace will consider it as 8 proof that it is not without good reason that I presumed to, intrude my first opinion on a subject which was so full °I interest to every one. I have the honour to be your grace's most obedient se" vent, W. FERGUSON. To his Grace the Duke of Sutherland. The following telegrams have been received 11 the Lord Mayor NAPLES, April 24. The Neapolitans, by a resolution of a general meeting, send to the noble English people their sentiments of g rati• tude for the splendid reception given to Garibaldi. President, RICCIARDIi FROM THE MAYOR OF CEFA.LO.) This municipality offers to the English people its s inter f thanks end the expression of its deep gratitude for the high honours shown to Garibaldi, which are proofs of the ir affection for Italy. MICHELE GUISEFFO' (FROM ATELLINO.) In you we thank generous England for the reception given to General Garibaldi. The honorary president Of till : operative society tenders its thanks for the sympathy sh °w- i - 1 by Great Britain, which has always taken the lead ail' civilised nations in the path of social progress. GAETANO MAGLI°. The Society of Painters in Water Coloo' (Tills DAY.) The sixtieth annual exhibition of this guished and popular institution has, this day, h eeti opened to public view—the private view WI, enabled us to survey the collection there for t "'" present season on Saturday afternoon. The Gelle r t' as usual, contains from 300 to 400 water colour dile/i ings, contributed by exhibitors as various in style as in merit. Although we are precluded from enteri n g' in our impression of this evening into any veil d e• tails d examination of the works of art here exhibi ted; we would at once pronounce the coll ec ti o n of pict ure for the present as rathe r a b ove th en below the : average of the noble collections ad orn i ng the 01 ' 8 of the same institution during the last dozen ye a / or more. While saying this, how ever , we d° ° 0 for an instant regard the present c o ll ec tion as, cp ° the whole, on a par with its immediate predsces a° ' ; But then, as we took occasion to rein ° last year, the collection f or 1863 was, to 011 * , thinking, in a very rare and peculiar manner , es ,, ceptional. It was signally an d except i ona lly go' , i insomuch that it is in no degree d e p r eciator) . ° the general collection to remark, as we b ane done, that, as compared with that collecti°l3' that as contrasted with that exceptional c °l. lection, the Exhibition of 1864 is hardly ua t e !,, he , mark—the highest high water level of 186 Nevertheless, though yielding, and no wond er, the palm to its immediate predecessor, the tol le d' tion for the present season is, as before o bserve ; above rather than below the average of th e exhibiti ons in this favourite gallery at No. 5, Pall-Mall Be at ' during the last dozen years or more. On crowing the threshhold of it, we are painfully reminded af : great, indeed an irreparable, loss to this Society of Water Colourists, the reminder coming to us from Alexander Munro'a admirable Will marble bust of the late William Hunt, the great iTa te colourist. And there glancing radiantly out upon from the four screens, are the last exquisite little gems ofmasterpieces from his wonderful brusheet °r9 of those apples that, as we look at thorn, w e are 161- , i to peel and munch—grapes that seem only to Weil l° the pressure of a finger to spurt with juic e-..; peaches that would tempt a bee—wild roses, ih delicate leaves of which one could almost one's very breathing must flutter. Distribut e at uncertain intervals, too, round Ike Wsiis of the gallery, the visitor recognises, et glance, as usual, many another old fa ° :, liar favourite—these other popular favourite:: however, being yet, happily, in the land of the living. Frederick Tayler with his open air sPe r —Joseph Nash with his domestic and arcitec tnrli s interiors—Maria Harrison and Valentine Barth °le sn d mew vieing with each other with flowers, wil d cultivated, here the primrose, here the hollyllo e l v Britten Willis with his Cuyp-like cattle pieces' e Evans of Eton, and John Gilbert of EveryWh rv er t 0 tisll proving themselves to be inexhaustible ! last mentioned in 20 has an animated ati b 0 glowing representation of the " Battle of t f , Boyne." H. P. Riviere has a pretty little grac i3 3 3, bit of comicality in 36, " The Stray Kitten." l y Burne Jones, though rather oddly, v er y charreir o ) , pourtrays, in a tall pre Raphet.lite picture ( 5 .t under an exceedingly new aspect, our immoncrlii heroine of the kitchen, " Cinderella." Conic° t ii us to Alfred Fripp's (72) a " Piping SheP h . t' ,o Boy" as affording us one of th e lovel i " g tastes of fresh air and specimens of N el ': life in the whole collection. The purchaser e t `. picture will have a perennial charm Isengicg ui3 ', o f his house-wail in the very look out of the eYe s 0 t that Piping Shepherd Boy of Fripp's There is the head of the gallery, in 18, " Hellelil and gilt`'' brand," a most effective delineation by 1 • f Burton, (one of our master water-colourists), o f Knight of old in battle harness meeting 01 ladyclove upon the spiral turret etaircasel le t kissing her sleeve tenderly as they pass each °t : to —one of these sleeves the knights of old used Urdu their helmets before chargin g , l ance i n rest, t ii i 0 the dust and blood of the tourney ! B r ittan ' eta gives us one of his happiest effects in 11 5 " 0 P se, ins Day, from a scene in Sussex,"—with, of c° ll ` meditative cattle most artistically gr suP i ed A st the foreground. Branwhite's bran whit , a 1/1- to Scenes are as refrigerating as ever m er ci l es s glance at. Oae of his chief successes 01 0 • • being 111, " Winter Scene, Foggy morning . ore °, ket Foster, who has plenty of charming I:l, er t,' , scattered about the room, hero " The Sand there "The Wooden Bridge" has surpassed bi vti s l in 125, "Flying a Kite." Carl Haag's eric'soe 0 sketches fail, eves yet, to tire us, and t he fte ll may be said in their way, too, of I ‘ ll 4 t pe Italian Landscapes. Before the visitor lea ves t gallery he ought to take one look at 31 7, : 1° Third Screen, namely, F. Walker's c hart:o 3 g f es lineation of a scene from the late Mr. Thack er : e i f! "Philip." Philip—it is the very Philip hi r° l3 ;io, —in the Pew, with the children grouped ahc nt The attendance at the private view on Sat d, • was, if that be possible, more than ever, crow ie The Oxford and Canterbury Music 11°315. e f e Both these halls are holding t-h—e— tercen t en tary si t i f i. At the former is a grand vocal display to wor ds by 5'...-1 'c' sp o Macbeth," i ; ere, including " Locke's Music to m nd a se'' 130 n of his "Songs," enshrined • ti in fitting music. . ;, Two Gentlemen of Verona," which received a character's t' setting from Sir Henry Bishop, and is conspicuous for th ° d delicious air, "Bid me discourse," was produced on at m s ay, and met with a brilliant reception ;end all theil,rit:a3 in the interesting programme are in addition to the ' --- 4 : h ri f tiV u 'i n v d es at o io f n i•V o ;n o d:. o o r p , o " ra, w o h n i d eh o f OwtthoiohNaicovloariy s li t a i a i S s a . rig : the result. These musical offerings ar e ce ' to it) , JY ,, k m l i i t o t o n e r m e i p s th ts or t o o u to gh a l r y it S th h e ak o s o p o z io a n n , than some of th e drag '3lew certainly not marred by any bic who figure in commemoration. At the Canterbury lia.. the prolific Mr. Vandervell turnigies 3•Er. 11Iorto with!: piece de circonstance (pardon us, dear Shade) a nd boIr I LY .. christens it "The Tercentenary, or a Night with Sil a and the abrortwanegoeurathenetrooato•oevii spere," and,with the aid of the famous Ghost effate, bring, a multitude of Shakspere's characters before the eye. Hers.: also, the "words of Shads are" extensively dot the p: . gramme, and are conned over with loyal eagerNeke by l' thueiastio audiences.